{"id":1169,"date":"2014-10-14T13:04:37","date_gmt":"2014-10-14T13:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harveycp.vitelline.net\/?p=1169"},"modified":"2018-06-07T16:51:17","modified_gmt":"2018-06-07T16:51:17","slug":"make-something-of-yourself-how","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harveycp.vitelline.net\/?p=1169","title":{"rendered":"Make Something of Yourself\u2014How?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Most of us find that we are being urged in a thousand ways to step up, make something of ourselves often at the cost of others, and realize our full potential. While in Christ, we certainly can become the full-orbed person we were created to be, the way to achieve this is often the reverse of what the world would advise. In the book Royal Insignia, we are reminded of our Master\u2019s example and urged to follow in His steps. On page 194, we read Campbell Morgan\u2019s comments on Christ\u2019s washing His disciples\u2019 feet in the thirteenth chapter of St. John\u2019s Gospel:


\n\u201cThat knotted towel was the badge of slavery; but here is the remarkable fact that the knotted garment was also the insignia of princes, with the very same method of fastening and tying. The difference was in material\u2014for the slave a rough homespun cloth; for princes purple or gold. I think back through the years; and John saw in that girdle not only the badge of slavery, but the girdle of kingship. We do not forget when he was in Patmos, and he had a vision of this Selfsame One in all His glory, in that marvelous description He has given, among other things he wrote, \u2018girt about at the breast with a golden girdle.\u2019 Yes, he saw that in Patmos, and looking back, he saw the sackcloth of the slave transmuted into the glory and purple of sovereignty.\u201d<\/p>\n

What condescension,
\nBringing us redemption . . .
\nGod, gracious, tender,
\nLaid aside His splendor,
\nStooping to woo, to win, to save my soul.
\n\u2014W. E. Booth-Clibborn.<\/em> Royal Insignia, p. 196
\nO blessed name of SERVANT! comprehending
\nMan\u2019s highest honor in his humblest name;
\nFor Thou, God\u2019s Christ, that office recommending,
\nThe throne of mighty power didst truly claim;
\nHe who would rise like Thee, like Thee must owe
\nHis glory only to his stooping low.
\n\u2014Bethune. Ibid,<\/em> p. 194
\nRoyal Insignia is published by Harvey Christian Publishers and is available in their Online Christian Bookstore.<\/p>\n

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Most of us find that we are being urged in a thousand ways to step up, make something of ourselves often at the cost of others, and realize our full potential. While in Christ, we certainly can become the full-orbed person we were created to be, the way to achieve this is often the reverse […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[407,408,409,376],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/harveycp.vitelline.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1169"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/harveycp.vitelline.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/harveycp.vitelline.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harveycp.vitelline.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harveycp.vitelline.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1169"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/harveycp.vitelline.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1169\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1891,"href":"https:\/\/harveycp.vitelline.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1169\/revisions\/1891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/harveycp.vitelline.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harveycp.vitelline.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harveycp.vitelline.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}